FC4: %fedora_useradd undefined from rpm install

Michael Schwendt bugs.michael at gmx.net
Mon Feb 13 11:18:15 UTC 2006


On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:24:39 +0100, jfontain at free.fr wrote:

> Quoting Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net>:
> 
> > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:02:03 +0100, jfontain at free.xx wrote:
> >
> > > On a newly installed up-to-date FC4 x86_64 machine:
> > >
> > > # rpm -i moomps-5.4-2.noarch.rpm
> > > %fedora_useradd
> > >
> > > with, in the spec file:
> > > %pre
> > > echo %fedora_useradd
> > >
> > > Same result if fedora-usermgmt package is installed
> >
> > Unless my memory plays tricks on me, there has never been an RPM
> > macro for fedora-usermgmt tools. You're looking for:
> >
> >   /usr/sbin/fedora-useradd
> 
> Then the http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/UserCreation page needs an
> update.

In my understanding the page only discusses the pros and cons of
possible "useradd" techniques in rpms. Hence the "Advantages" and
"Disadvantages" sections. I don't read it as a HOWTO.




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